With its famous mile-long pier and lively funfair, Southend-on-Sea consistently features as popular holiday destination. But the town is also proving popular for those requiring short-stay business accommodation.
Situ offers a range of serviced apartments in Southend-on-Sea, as well as upmarket townhouses, and stylish homes. As a popular holiday spot, the properties also serve as short-term holiday lets for Southend-on-Sea too.
Many of our contemporary serviced apartments in Southend-on-Sea can comfortably accommodate up to six individuals, while others are one-bedroom affairs more suited to a couple of days' let. Regardless of size, all of our short-term accommodation has fully-equipped kitchens with modern conveniences and all are within excellent reach of the town centre’s restaurants, pubs and nightclubs, as well as nearby beaches.
You will often find on-site parking facilities at your self-catering apartment in Southend-on-Sea, while weekly domestic cleaning comes as standard. Flat screen TV, free wi-fi, as well as bed linen and towels are all included.
A bustling seaside town in the county of Essex, on the north side of the Thames Estuary, Southend-on-Sea (or ‘Southend’), sits less than an hour from London and is a popular holiday destination.
Formerly a small fishing town, Southend-on-Sea offers such attractions as the glorious Southend pier (at one mile long, it's the longest pier in the world), colourful fairground, Sea-Life Adventure park, and dazzling sandy beaches.
The town is just a fifty-five minute drive from London via the A13, making it an attractive alternative to living in the city for those who value clean air and outdoor activities over city bustle.
Southend-on-Sea is just 29 miles from neighbouring Tilbury and one hour west from Leigh-on-Sea. It’s 20 miles and 26 minutes by car from the bustling city of Chelmsford and 72 miles (1 hour 33 minutes' drive via the M2) to pretty Canterbury.
By car, the north side of Southend-on-Sea is accessible via the A1, M11, M25, and A127. The south can be reached via the M25 or Dartford Tunnel. To park from Leigh-on-Sea to Shoeburyness you’ll need a permit.
The leading employment sector in the town is human health and social work, with wholesale and retail next. The biggest employers in Southend-on-Sea, aside from supermarket chains and the likes of Amazon and Primark, are Design Ideas, ISW Accountancy, KEYMED, MRT Essex, Purkiss Homes Holdings, and the Almanac Group. The NHS is also a significant employer in Southend.
Southend-on-Sea is famous for its seven miles of glorious beaches. Its other holiday attractions also pack a punch, such as Adventure Island Fairground and, of course, the famous pier.
The town is also a winner as far as the weather is concerned, thanks to the fact it is continually rated as one of the warmest and driest cities in the whole of the United Kingdom. As such, the adventurous will revel in the huge variety of water sports on offer in the town, such as windsurfing, kite surfing, and sailing.
The borough boasts five parks: Chalkwell, Belfairs, Southchurch, Shoebury, and Priory, all of which are Green Flag Award winners. In total, there are 600 hectares of open spaces rich with woodlands, marshes, rivers, cliffs, and meadows. Southend-on-Sea is, in fact, in the UK’s top 30 list for low emissions.
If you go to one woodland while at Southend-on-Sea, make it Belfairs. At 1000 years old, it’s the earliest recorded woodland in the entire county of Essex and well worth a visit to marvel at the ancient oaks.
Meanwhile, Southend-on-Sea also boasts first-class sports and leisure facilities, such as the Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre (used by the Olympic Team GB for its swimming and diving facilities), the David Lloyd Club, and Shoeburyness Leisure Centre.
Whatever you choose to do during your stay, you can be sure that staying in one of Situ's serviced apartments in Southend-on-Sea will give you a true home-away-from-home to really make the most of your trip.
Southend-on Sea boasts its own airport. Sitting north of the town centre, it offers direct flights to fifty European and UK destinations, such as Amsterdam, Alicante, Bucharest, Malaga, and Paris.
The town is also within an hour’s drive of three of London’s main airports: London City airport is just 35 miles away, Stansted 40 miles, and Gatwick about 60 miles away. Heathrow Airport is 78 miles away.
There are three railway stations in town. Southend Central train station is the busiest and the location which takes holidaymakers to all the major attractions, but there is also Southend Victoria and Southend East.
Trains run regularly from Southend Central into Fenchurch Street in London while Southend Victoria takes commuters to Liverpool Street (both in around an hour).
Local bus lines include Line 1 from Shoeburyness (on the East side of Southend) to Rayleigh every 10 minutes. You’ll also get a train from Southend to Chelmsford every two hours. The X30 to Stansted Airport runs hourly.
If you enjoy travelling by sea, then Southend-on-Sea more or less has its own cruise terminal at the Port of Tilbury just 25 miles away. Around 58 miles away sits the Essex port of Harwich, with sea connections to both Holland and Denmark.
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